Ascent Trip Report

The road goes virtually to the summit, but we wanted some exercise so we parked by mile marker 9 and walked up the last three miles.

To get to the natural high point, one does need to do a bit of scrambling and/or bushwhacking.

The views are better from the peak when looking directions other than south (the big telescope is south) than from the big telescope's observation deck which is inside and forces one to look through dirty glass. But since the observatory blocks the view south, one has to go there to see Baboquivari peak and/or the rest of the observatory.

Summary Total Data

Elevation Gain:

1080 ft / 330 m

Distance:

6.2 mi / 10 km

Route:

Road

Trailhead:

Road @ 5800' 5800 ft / 1767 m

Quality:

1 (on a subjective 1-10 scale)

Route Conditions:

Road Hike, Bushwhack, Scramble

Ascent Statistics

Time Up:

1 Hours

Descent Statistics

Time Down:

1 Hours

GPS Data for Ascent/Trip

GPS Waypoints - Hover or click to see name and lat/longPeaks: climbed and unclimbed by Eric KassanClick Here for a Full Screen MapNote: GPS Tracks may not be accurate, and may not show the best route. Do not follow this route blindly. Conditions change frequently. Use of a GPS unit in the outdoors, even with a pre-loaded track, is no substitute for experience and good judgment. Peakbagger.com accepts NO resposibility or liability from use of this data.